3 simple ways to nurture an early sibling bond
by BabyCenter Guest Blogger posted in Parenting
By Lisa Meyers Johnson
I?m the youngest of three, the baby in the family. My older siblings are fraternal twins and that meant I grew up desperately wanting to be a twin myself so I?d have a playmate and someone with whom I could communicate telepathically (because you know, that?s what you get to do when you?re a twin, so my young mind thought).
When that didn?t seem to work, I fought hard to simply be taken seriously as a viable playmate for my brother and sister, only they weren?t having it. Undeterred, I pestered on and made them include me when possible. If that didn?t work, I ran to my mom who would make them include me and that didn?t always go over so well.
I was confident that, one day, they would cave to my cuteness, wit and charm. My ability to belt out Michael Jackson?s Off the Wall word for word, my amazing high score on Intellivision?s Pitfall, or my fast footwork would win them over, eventually (I was the runner in the family and could whip them in any front yard race). I was convinced that ,one day, they would sincerely like me. I was right.
As adults, we have that special bond that siblings share-?the one that provides comfort because you had the amazing experience of growing up together, the good, the bad, and everything in between. Through it all, I came to realize that my siblings are my friends for life, while other friends come and go, and that?s priceless.
It?s only natural that I want my kids to even...
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